One of the most satisfying process’s in making illustrated books is working with an artist to find the image and the ‘flow’ of the book, sometimes the most obvious picture is not what the story requires. The reader turns the page of an illustrated book and, subconsciously, that image informs the reader what to feel about what they are about to read. They then take the image on as they read the page. which is one reason why the image must correspond to the page being read. Sometimes, just the way the text flows, does not allow for the image to be used, because you just can’t make the picture work to the paragraph. Each image needs to find the right mood, here is an evolution of an image; Mycroft is challenging Sherlock to solve the case of Death. It needed something symbolic as Mycroft is in reality dying on a bed. The first image was just too obvious, then Gary came up with standing on a cliff edge…
